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Author Message   Ashton Side Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 6151 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 66.90.104.94 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 10:14 am:        http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010 /09/sweden-reopens-possible-rape-case-against-wikileaks-foun der-julian-assange/1 Sweden's chief prosecutor says she is reopening a preliminary probe into rape charges against Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. Assange has denied the charges and has said he expected a campaign to discredit him after Wikileaks released more than 70,000 secret U.S. military files on Afghanistan. Two weeks s ago, a lower official in Sweden had withdrawn possible charges against Assange. But chief prosecutor Marianne Ny said today in a statement that a further review suggests "there is reason to believe that a crime has been committed," Reuters reports. Ny also said a preliminary investigation into charges of molestation against Assange would be expanded to include sexual harassment.